http://www.boat-ed.com. Criminal charges stemming from a boating accident, a BUI, or a death can have a lasting impact, explains Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Assistant General Counsel Alan Richard in this Boat-Ed safety course video.

Nobody wants to have an arrest record. Nobody wants to fill out a job application where it asks, "Have you ever been arrested?", and the answer is yes. And that can result from a boating accident where a navigation rule was violated. It gets a lot worse when we start talking about reckless or boating under the influence. Boating under the influence where somebody dies, well the last case I was involved in with that, the operator of the vessel got 85 years in state prison.